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Precalculus Examples
Step 1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Simplify the denominator.
Step 2.1.1
Multiply .
Step 2.1.1.1
Combine and .
Step 2.1.1.2
Combine and .
Step 2.1.2
Combine and .
Step 2.1.3
Combine and .
Step 2.1.4
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 2.1.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 2.3
Multiply .
Step 2.3.1
Combine and .
Step 2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.4
Reorder factors in .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.
Step 3.2
Remove parentheses.
Step 3.3
The LCM of one and any expression is the expression.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Multiply each term in by .
Step 4.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 4.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 4.3.1
Simplify by multiplying through.
Step 4.3.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.2
Multiply.
Step 4.3.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2
Remove parentheses.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 5.2
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 5.2.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 5.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.2.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.2.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.3.2.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.2.3.2
Divide by .
Step 5.3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.3.3.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.3.3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.3.3.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.3.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form: